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sadoldgit

sadoldgit

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3 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

If taking the knee and an armband does not solve issues we don’t like. Nothing will!

seriously, who do we think we are by protesting house a country runs itself and it’s religious beliefs?

 

We quite happily turn a blind eye when the same religious beliefs are loud over here! And we have enough to fix on there shored before we start demanding others change. 
 

min sure there will be armbands and knees taken for the likes of this…….oh

 

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Right on cue Batman, as ever.

Yet again you spectacularly miss the point.

Who do “we” think “we” are?  We are the descendants of a nation that forged a massive empire and sent people like you to keep Johnny Foreigner in line. You of all people should understand that we have the moral upper hand in these matters, after all, it is our job to civilise these savages isn’t it? Isn’t that what you signed up for when you served Queen and County 🫡🇬🇧?

As you well know, racism in football was never going to end overnight through footballers taking a knee but that doesn’t mean it was a worthless exercise. The whole point was to raise the issue and keep in as a main focus, which it did. The same with Harry Kane wearing a rainbow armband. Again no one believes that it will change the Qatari position on gay rights overnight, but it is one small step in the right direction. Change does not happen with inertia. Change takes time. If the anti woke brigade had their way nothing would ever change but the posters like you would have nothing to kick off against. Posters like you (who infect Twitter like locusts) think they are being clever, but are, sadly, also part of the problem. You trivialise these issues by focussing the narrative on the way that you chose to frame it. Try looking beyond an action as an opportunity to ridicule and piss take for a change.

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FarehamSaintJames

FarehamSaintJames

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I’m day off today and I will be watching all three 😁

I don’t agree with that World Cup being in Qatar but still love a game of football nonetheless.

If national teams had boycotted the tournament then my opinion on watching it probably would’ve changed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

whelk

whelk

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So easy to mock highlighting double standards but China getting Winter Olympics and Russia the WC. I’d feel safer working in Doha than in those authoritarian regimes. Like this isn’t the first time a sporting event has been awarded to a cunt of a country 

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Turkish

Turkish

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29 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

I’m day off today and I will be watching all three 😁

I don’t agree with that World Cup being in Qatar but still love a game of football nonetheless.

If national teams had boycotted the tournament then my opinion on watching it probably would’ve changed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I’ve got today and tomorrow off. Having a breakfast at the golf club this morning, back to watch the game. My son has football tonight at 5 so will miss the second half of the Netherlands game but back for wales v USA. His school are showing the match in the classrooms which I thought was a nice tough. 

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Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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32 minutes ago, whelk said:

It is a cold wet dark Monday. Got to be very principled not to watch game today.

personally got day off and 3 interesting games to watch

Understandable. Personally I have just come back from three weeks away and I have a lot of work to catch up with.

I have just noticed the kick off times which are mostly in the afternoons with some evening ones at 7:00 pm. I have virtually no chance of being allowed to watch anything at that time unless I want to go out and sit in the shed, but I’d have to buy a shed first.

I really can’t be arsed.

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JRM

JRM

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25 minutes ago, whelk said:

So easy to mock highlighting double standards but China getting Winter Olympics and Russia the WC. I’d feel safer working in Doha than in those authoritarian regimes. Like this isn’t the first time a sporting event has been awarded to a cunt of a country 

It's a fair point that seems to have been missed by many of the critics 

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JRM

JRM

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36 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I’ve got today and tomorrow off. Having a breakfast at the golf club this morning, back to watch the game. My son has football tonight at 5 so will miss the second half of the Netherlands game but back for wales v USA. His school are showing the match in the classrooms which I thought was a nice tough. 

My kids school are showing it in main hall for kids who want to watch, others who don't can stay in class, I think its good as kids at that age still get the innocent excitement from it all without the cynical politics around it. If England score they'll probably be bouncing around spraying water bottles 

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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I think the utterly spineless nature of all of this is one of the most irritating things. If we decided to just shut up and play football, fine. If we decided we were going to take the knee and wear the armband, also fine. The fact that they’ve made all this noise about standing up for people’s rights but immediately back down when they’re threatened with being booked shows how shallow and artificial it really is. 

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Monk

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Cba to go through the thread so apologies if already posted, nice little stat that x3 world cup captains are ex Saints players. Highlighted on one of the cartoon graphics on FIFA's instagram account. 

whelk

whelk

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7 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I think the utterly spineless nature of all of this is one of the most irritating things. If we decided to just shut up and play football, fine. If we decided we were going to take the knee and wear the armband, also fine. The fact that they’ve made all this noise about standing up for people’s rights but immediately back down when they’re threatened with being booked shows how shallow and artificial it really is. 

Should just take the booking and would get some respect. FIFA would fucking hate it which is reason enough. Fact that they talk about it and clearly if consequences back down is worse than saying/doing nothing. Spineless

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Turkish

Turkish

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25 minutes ago, JRM said:

My kids school are showing it in main hall for kids who want to watch, others who don't can stay in class, I think its good as kids at that age still get the innocent excitement from it all without the cynical politics around it. If England score they'll probably be bouncing around spraying water bottles 

It’s a bit of a special one for me and I imagine for you as well as it’ll be the first one they remember. It’s such a shame it’s a really crap one in the winter and has been overshadowed by all the politics rather than it being what it should be. Mine was Mexico 86, I was the same age as mine is now. Such good memories. 

Turkish

Turkish

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1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

Right on cue Batman, as ever.

Yet again you spectacularly miss the point.

Who do “we” think “we” are?  We are the descendants of a nation that forged a massive empire and sent people like you to keep Johnny Foreigner in line. You of all people should understand that we have the moral upper hand in these matters, after all, it is our job to civilise these savages isn’t it? Isn’t that what you signed up for when you served Queen and County 🫡🇬🇧?

As you well know, racism in football was never going to end overnight through footballers taking a knee but that doesn’t mean it was a worthless exercise. The whole point was to raise the issue and keep in as a main focus, which it did. The same with Harry Kane wearing a rainbow armband. Again no one believes that it will change the Qatari position on gay rights overnight, but it is one small step in the right direction. Change does not happen with inertia. Change takes time. If the anti woke brigade had their way nothing would ever change but the posters like you would have nothing to kick off against. Posters like you (who infect Twitter like locusts) think they are being clever, but are, sadly, also part of the problem. You trivialise these issues by focussing the narrative on the way that you chose to frame it. Try looking beyond an action as an opportunity to ridicule and piss take for a change.

“It’s our job to educate the savages” 

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East Kent Saint

East Kent Saint

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5 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

If taking the knee and an armband does not solve issues we don’t like. Nothing will!

seriously, who do we think we are by protesting house a country runs itself and it’s religious beliefs?

 

We quite happily turn a blind eye when the same religious beliefs are loud over here! And we have enough to fix on there shored before we start demanding others change. 
 

min sure there will be armbands and knees taken for the likes of this…….oh

 

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Globalisation / exploitation are here to stay . Do they mean The team’s kit or stuff on general sale or is it just made up by the borisgraph like all his anti EU stories ?

skintsaint

skintsaint

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Not surprised Trippier got the nod of Trent as he is in great form. Just don't rate Saka, not sure if its to do with his eyes being too close together. Would rather Foden, but otherwise pretty standard line up. 

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Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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Seems the VAR ref is just as corrupt as the decision to award this WC to Qatar. How can you look at a replay of Maguire being rugby tackled to the ground and conclude that's not a penalty?

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Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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So he's gone from being OK to continue to needing a stretcher in under 2 mins.

If he's got a serious concussion then heads should roll, and being that it's Iran they probably will.

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